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ask(3) (iou)

ask verb. [ɑ:sk] Also (now dial.) ax, axe [aks].
[Old English ascian, acsian, ahsian, axian = Old Frisian askia, Old Saxon escon, Old High German eiscon, from West Germanic.]
I.
verb trans. Call for, call upon to come. OE-ME.
II.
verb trans. Call upon a person, or thing personified, for an answer or for information. As obj. the person, the thing desired (which may take the form of a noun or pronoun, a clause introduced by a rel. pronoun or conjunction, or direct or indirect speech), or both. (Foll. by at, to, or of the person; about, (arch.) of the matter in question; after the matter in question, esp. a person absent; for esp. a person whom one wishes to see.) OE.
ask me another colloq. I do not know (the answer to your question). I ask you colloq.: expr. ridicule, contempt, denial, etc. if you ask me in my opinion.
Caxton Asking to her why she had trespaced his commaundments. Bible (Coverdale): Ecclesiasticus 21.17 It is axed at the mouth of the wyse. H. Latimer The Other axed ye price, he sayed: xx. nobles. Shakespeare 2 Henry IV Knocking at the taverns, And asking every one for Sir John Falstaff. Bible (AV): King John 9:19 They asked them, saying, Is this your son? Pope Ask your own heart; and nothing is so plain. Goldsmith Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs. Tennyson Once I ask'd him of his early life. Dickens I..asked him what o'clock it was. G. Borrow I asked her her maiden name. George Eliot Animals are such agreeable friendsthey ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. Oxford English Dictionary A farmer of whom I asked the way. R. Kipling 'Dost thou give news for love, or dost thou sell it?' Kim asked. E. W. Rogers If you want to know the time, ask a P'liceman! G. Stein Often Jeff would ask her, did she really love him. V. Woolf Where was he this morning, for instance? Some committee, she never asked what. G. Greene If Hitler had come into the conversation she would have interrupted to ask who he was. L. Durrell It was the question that Nessim asked himself repeatedly. Day Lewis I seldom asked my father..about our relations near or distant. K. Laffan Father Patrick asked me if I'd like to be a priest.
verb intrans. Enquire, make enquiries. (Foll. by about, of the thing desired; after a thing missing, a person absent, etc.; for esp. a person whom one wishes to see; at, of the person called upon.) OE.
Bible (AV): 1 Samuel 28:16 Wherefore then doest thou aske of me? Milton Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza. G. Macdonald To ask after their Health when he met them. T. Frisby Here, you're not kinky or anything, are you?..Why do you ask?
III.
verb trans. Express to someone a desire to obtain a thing. As obj. the person, the thing desired (which may take the form of a noun or pronoun, a clause introduced by that, or an inf. phr.), or both. (Foll. by indirect obj. or at, of, from the person, for the thing desired.) ME.
ask a blessing: see BLESSING 1.
Earl Rivers I had delyte & axed to rede some good historye. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors He ask'd me for a thousand marks in gold. Milton To stand upright Will ask thee skill. Henry Fielding I ask Mr. Blifil pardon. R. Burns I am ashamed to ask another favour of you. J. Tyndall I asked him to accompany me. M. Arnold I ask but that my death may find The freedom to my life denied. G. B. Shaw Thirty crowns is too much to ask from him. T. Frisby I say, could I ask you a favour? C. Hampton I'm sure she'd marry you like a shot if you asked her. A. Ayckbourn They keep sending them...I've asked them not to.
verb intrans. Express a desire to obtain something. (Foll. by after or for the thing desired.) ME.
Bible (Coverdale): Matthew 6:7 Axe & it shalbe giuen you. Southey Could hear a famish'd woman ask for Food, And feel no pity. J. le Carre We always ask for a banker's Reference before giving credit.
IV. Pregnant senses and special uses.
verb trans. & intrans. Inquire into, examine, investigate. OE-E17.
verb trans. & intrans. (foll. by for). Predicated of things: need, require; demand; call for. ME.
Shakespeare Taming of Shrew Signior Baptista, my business asketh haste.
verb trans. & intrans. Call for as by right; demand. (Foll. by direct obj. or for the thing demanded; from or of the person or thing called upon). LME.
W. Faulkner Because they don't ask thirty-five cents for it. L. T. C. Rolt Once again he may have asked too much from the manufacturing resources of the day. G. F. Fiennes It would have to be an act of faith that the Pacifics would stand up to what we were going to ask of them,..almost 500 miles a day. New Zealand Herald The unrealistic prices asked for by vendors.
verb trans. Proclaim in church, calling upon any who have claims or objections to put them forward. Now only in ask the banns. LME.
a. verb trans. Provoke, bring upon oneself. L15-E17.
b. verb intrans. Foll. by for: provoke, bring upon oneself, lay oneself open to, (trouble etc.). E20.
ask for it colloq.: for trouble. ask for trouble: see TROUBLE noun.
Times Mr had behaved as badly as anyone could and a bystander might well have taken the view that he had asked for everything he got.
verb trans. Invite. Freq. foll. by adverb. M19.
ask out invite to accompany one to a restaurant, Entertainment, etc.
Dickens If I see him..tomorrow, perhaps I'll ask him down. R. Crompton But if he asks you to his you must ask him back. J. le Carre We'll ask Sam round and perhaps one or two of the old press boys from Berlin. J. Bowen They asked me to tea at St. Peter's Hall.
askingly adverb (rare) (a) as a question; (b) inquiringly, with entreaty: LME.

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